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Author:

Robertson, Robin, 1955- author.

Title:

The long take ; or, a way to lose more slowly / Robin Robertson.

Edition:

First United States edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

237 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Poetry.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Poetry.
Film noir--Poetry.
Journalists--Poetry.
City and town life--Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations--Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Poetry.
United States--Social conditions--1945---Poetry.
Poetry.

Notes:

Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2018. Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236).

Contents:

1946 -- 1948 -- 1951 -- 1953 -- Credits.

Summary:

A Canadian veteran of D-Day travels through New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, struggling with his memories of the war and experiencing firsthand America's postwar social and racial divisions. The story is told in verse and illustrations -- adapted from cover description.

ISBN:

0525655212
9780525655213

LCCN:

2018008737

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)